Hook or support for bed-spring frames.



Patented June 18, IBM.

C. R. BARKER. "00K 0R SUPPORT FOR BED SPBlNG FRAMES.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

CHARLES R. BARKER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE CLEVELAND WIRESPRING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HOOK OR SUPPORT FOR BED-SPRING FRAMES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 676,652, dated June 18,1901. Application filed January 8, 1901. Serial No. 42,549. (110 model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. BARKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of 5. Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks or Supportsfor Bed- Spring Frames; and I do declare'that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to hooks or supports for bed-spring frames; and theobject of the invention is to furnish a hook which is adapt- I5 ed tosupport spring-frames on various styles of side rails and on bedsteadsor frames of varying widths.

These hooks or supports are separate articles of manufacture and usuallyare fur- 2o nished to the trade with the spring-frames or framescarrying springs upon which the mattresses rest directly or indirectly,and they are shown herein as removably attached to g the spring-frame.In this form, or, at least,

2' 5 with this adaptability, they go to the trade; but once placed onthe market a frame of this kind is liable to encounter a great varietyof conditions to which it must accommodate itself or run the risk ofbeing rejected. One

of these conditions is the great diversity of side rails made bydifferent-manufacturers of bedsteads, and another condition is thedifference in width of such bedsteads, varying often with the samemanufacturer. There 3 5 is also the elevation'or height of thespringframe and of springs as compared with the side rails, which is ano less important consideration than the others, especially when woodenside rails are met with. My inven- 40 tion,therefore,is devised anddesigned to meet all these common and varying conditions and to adapt myhook equally well to all, however much the conditions may dider indetail. To these ends my invention consists in a sectional adaptablehook or support, substantially as shown and described, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a cross-section of a set ofangle-iron side rails of a bedstead and an end elevation of aspringcarrying frame supported thereon by my immanufacture and use.

proved hooks. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective elevation of one of mynew hooks or supports engaged on a section of an angle-iron side railturned with a fiat side uppermost, as in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows the sameparts as in Fig. 2 in the same relation, except that the side rail isturned a quarter way around and the upper hook-section is reversedendwise.

A represents the side rails of a bedstead, and the same style of rail,or rather the same rail, is shown in all three views, but shown in Figs.1 and 2 as turned to bring its flat surface or side 2 on top and havethe hook engage across the same over the outer edge thereof, while inFig. 3 the said rail is turned to bring its side 2 vertical and its side3 flatwise below to furnish an inner or inwardlyextending ledge for thehooks or supports to rest upon. In this latter case the reverse or plainend of the hook rests flat upon the side or ledge 3, with its endabutting against the vertical edge 2.

The spring-carrying frame B has a series of spiral or coiled springs 8resting thereon; but it is immaterial to this invention what kind ofsprings or mattresses are used in connection with said frame, and theframe and springs may be connected or separated at pleasure, The frame Balso is shown as hav- 8o ing angular side bars 5, to which the hooks areattached by bolts or screws, thus making a rigid connection of the hookswith the said frame. Said bars 5 may be of any practical shape.

The hooks II are constituted of two sections, pieces, or members It andh, respectively, and in the style shown here each has one end bent shortat right angles to form a hook portion, and said sections or pieces inthis case are 0 duplicates of each other for convenience in They might,however, differ and be within the invention. Each has a hook portion 6and 7, respectively, so designated for convenience of description, but 5shown as alike. The two pieces may therefore exchange places and notchange theappearance or character of the hook as a whole. Each piece orsection has perforations 10 lengthwise, two or more of such perforationszoo sufficing; but slots would be the full equivalent of perforationsand serve the same purpose. The object of the perforations or slots isto adapt the hook to difierent widths and different conditions met within practically adapting the spring-frame to beds as they arefound,ashereinbefore described, and the perforations serve to extend orto narrow the hook laterally or to extend it lengthwise or vertically,as may be needed.

As the parts are arranged in Figs. 1 and 2 the hooks at each side engageover the outer edges of the side rails of the bed and prevent spreadingof the bed, as well as serving to hold the spring-frame in place. InFig. 3 the ends of the piece 71 are reversed, because in this case afiat inside support 3 is provided with a rising flange 2 outside,against which the end of member h rests. Then with the opposite side offrame B supported in like manner the frame B will rest upon and be tweenthe said side rails and cannot move laterally in either direction. Thesame ef feet is obtained in Fig. 1, and any equivalent construction andarrangement to these may be adopted and be within my invention. In mostcases a hook on the member 72. might even be omitted, because the hookon the other member would be close enough to the rail to prevent unduelateral sliding on the side rails.

A short bolt or screw 9 serves to lock the pieces of the hook together,and a suitable bolt, screw, rivet, or the like serves to make connectionwith the spring-frame.

By the term hook or-support as used herein I mean the entire articleconsisting of sections or pieces h and h, and whereby thespring-carrying frame is suspended from the bed-frame or side rails. Twoto four of these may be used on each side of the bed.

What I claim is- 1. A hook for bed-spring frames consisting of two partsconstructed to be adjustably connected at right angles to each other,one of said parts having a series of perforations be tween its ends anda right-angled hook adjustably connected with the body of the other partat its under side, and said other part having a hook to engage over thetop of a side rail of a bedstead, substantially as described.

2. A hook-support for bed-spring frames consisting of two piecesconstructed to be adjustably connected, one of said pieces having a hookat one endat right angles to its body and a bolt securing said piecethrough said hook against the bottom of the other piece, substantiallyas described.

3. A hook or support for bed-spring frames formed in two pieces adjustably secured together at right angles to each other and each providedwith openings between its ends, the lower one of said pieces providedwith openings to make adjustable connection with the bed-spring frame,substantiall as described.

4. A two-part hook or supper for bed-spring frames, each part having oneend fashioned into a hook at right angles to its body and said partsconstructed between their ends to effect both lateral and verticaladjustment in adapting the hook to working position, and a boltconnecting the hook of the lower part through the body of the otherpart, substan tially as described.

5. A bed-spring frame and a bedstead hav ing side rails, in combinationwith hooks supporting the said frame on the side rails of the bedstead,said hooks each consisting of two pieces connected at right angles toeach other and constructed between their ends to make adjustableconnections between the said frame and the bedstead both vertically andhorizontally, substantially as described.

Witness my hand to the foregoing specification this 14th day ofDecember, 1900.

CHARLES R. BARKER.

Witnesses:

W. W. OoMsTooK, GEO. DAY.

